Eduardo Avaroa (Andamarca)
| Eduardo Avaroa | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 374 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 3775 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-1201-0300-5008 | ||
| Telephone code | (+571) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 52 ′ S , 67 ° 30 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sud Carangas Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Pampa Aullagas |
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Eduardo Avaroa is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Eduardo Avaroa is the central place of the canton Eduardo Avaroa and is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Andamarca in the province of Sud Carangas . The village is located at an altitude of 3,775 m above sea level on the southernmost foothills of the Serranía de Huayllamarca , an approximately 100 km long ridge that extends on the Bolivian Altiplano in a north-west-south-east direction.
geography
Eduardo Avaroa is located west of Lake Poopó on the eastern edge of the Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the fluctuations between the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C (see climate diagram Pampa Aullagas) and fluctuates between 4 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C in the summer months from November to March. The annual precipitation is less than 300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation under 15 mm, and a maximum of 75 mm in January.
Transport network
Eduardo Avaroa is 127 kilometers by road southwest of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name.
From Oruro the dirt road Ruta 12 leads in a south-westerly direction 62 kilometers via Toledo to Villa Copacabana . From there, another unpaved road branches off to the south, which leads via Laca Laca Quita Quita to Andamarca and for a further eleven kilometers to Avaroa .
population
The population of the village has changed only insignificantly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 398 | census |
| 2001 | 407 | census |
| 2012 | 374 | census |
Due to the historical population distribution, the region has a certain proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Andamarca 88.5 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE social data Oruro 2001 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Relief map of the Uncia region 1: 250,000 (JPEG; 8.22 MB)
- Municipio Andamarca - General Maps No. 41201
- Municipio Andamarca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 455 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )
